Tile and drain cutter



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' E;- 1). HOWLAND.

TILE AND DRAIN G-UTTER. I

Patented 001:. 16, 1883.

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:TILE AND DRAIN GUTTER.- No. 286,826. Patented Oct. 16, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD D. HOWLAND, OF FARM RIDGE, ILLINOIS.

TILE AND DRAIN CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,826, dated October 16, 1883.

Application filed September 2, 1882. (No model.) V

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD D. HOWLAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Farm Ridge, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Tile and Drain Cutters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side view, part sectional view, of my device. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken through Fig. 1, line at m. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section. Fig. 4 is aside view. Fig. 5 is a cross-section, and Figs. 6, 7, and 8 are detail views.

' This invention has relation to tile and drain pipe cutters; and it consists in the construetion and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

The object of this invention is to secure speed, accuracy, and perfection of work in the manufacture of branches.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a frame of any suitable character,

having uprights B, to which are pivoted the end bars, 0. of an oscillating frame, D. The lower ends of these arms are slotted, to provide bearings for the T-heads d at the ends of a wire, (1, which is designed to be adjustable nearer to or farther from the pivotcenters 6 of the frame. For this purpose the barsor arms 0 are provided with series of bearings or notches, as indicated at g, to engage the T-heads d at the ends of the wire. The notches or bearings g are numbered in inches or parts of inches to correspond with the diameter of the main tile, which is to be fitted with a branch. The upper ends of the arms or bars 0 are connected by a threaded straining-rod, G, by means of which the cutting-wire dis kept taut.

Below the frame D are arranged, in the frame, bearings H,through which passes an adjustable support, K, having hinged or pivoted thereto a box-bearing, L, which is designed to receive the branch to be cut. I

The support K may be held in any desired position by means of a fastening or pin, 19, which is passed through perforations in the upper bearing H and in said support. Blocks on are used to raise the lower end of the boxbearing L, according to the angle at which the cut is to be made, this angle being that at which the branch is to join the main. When the box-bearing is adjusted in proper position, and the cutting-wire is arranged at the proper distance from the journals of the frame D, the machine is ready for operation. The branch tile, when molded, and before burning, is laid in the box-bearing, and the frame D is operated to carry the cutting-wire through the branch in a concave path, and forming a joint end which will exactly fit the main.

It is apparent that instead of moving the wire through the branch the latter may be moved across a wire held in a stationary position, the branch being. carried on a revolving frame. The moving Wire is,-however, prefseries of notches v9 for adjustment, and the threaded rod G at the upper ends of the arms 0, for holding the cutting-wire d taut, substantially as specified.

2. In a tile-cutting machine, the combina- I tion, with the frame A, having the bearings H H below the oscillating frame D, carrying the cutting-Wire, the upper bearing H being perforated laterally, of the perforated support K, carrying the hinged box-bearing L, the

holding-pin p, and the adjusting-block m, sub stantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD DEMONTE HOWLAND.

Witnesses:

EDWIN WISWALL, ANDREW B. KIRKPATRICK. 

